Your explanation still does nothing to address the problem being discussed which is a company that promises and contracts to deliver one thing and then delivers less than promised while still advertising that they deliver more. The problem here isn't spectrum crunch it's lying to the customers and then screwing them up the back side. A contract should be a contract but companies like this constantly feel like they have the right to arbitrarily change the terms of the agreement on they fly and anytime they want. A privilege that you, as the other party in the contract, have no power to do. It used to be that this would be called an "unconscionable contract" and declared null by the courts but that was before the companies owned the world and the government and the courts.
The BBB is an enormous waste of time. Companies with horrific service still have A+ ratings from BBB since all that's required that that they have a method for you to complain. Not that they have to respond or fix the problem. BBB is in business to make money from companies with memberships. They don't screw that up by giving companies a bad rating and they have no power at all over non-members.
John Fenderson did a great job of enumerating my objections to cloud storage. Out of that list I'd say that Megaupload has shown that you can't trust the cloud because you can't trust the government not to blow it up on a whim and at the bidding of their corporate masters. Secondly, ANYTHING that requires me to use Facebook for ID is out the window. That's nonsense.
You don't know how right you are. I live in the NW burbs of Chicago and I've seen a lot of BS. You can't point a camera at a cop and not record something illegal INCLUDING getting donuts. I was there several years back when the police used the police helicopter to land in the parking lot of the Dunkin Donuts to pick up some tasty food to take along. I've been asked for money. I've been asked for sex and I was once stopped so that the cop could check out my new car. This is a fine state to live in and I fully understand why they don't want anyone pointing a camera at them.
Going before a bunch of law professors and students to talk about "content theft" which doesn't exist it likely to get a lot of people who understand the legal meaning of words to point out that the correct term is "infringement" not "theft". I would suspect that the presentation of cooked and false information would go downhill from there.
Does he really think that if he just keeps on repeating these blatant lies someone, somewhere, will believe them?
Well yeah, he does believe that. Sadly, he's right. The people who believe him and do not challenge him are the media. They believe him and in turn they are the ones controlling the information that gets to the public at large. As long as he can keep them fooled (and apparently that's not hard) he has the public fooled.
I went to the site. Clicked on a link to create an account. Got a big blank blue box. Turns out the site doesn't work in Chrome. Tried again in IE. Got a form. Filled it out. Received a message to look for an email and to respond to it. No email came. Went back, tried to register again. Got message that email was already registered and to ask for my password. Asked for password. Got message that an email had been sent. No email received. Tried twice more. No emails. Not sure they really want to hear from the public.
If it was just a matter of associating an account with a bank account, why didn't PayPal just tell them that in the first place?
I do business with PayPal for the simple reason that PayPal bought the Verisign credit card authorization unit called Pay Flow Pro. The reason they didn't tell them the problem is that PayPal hires the most incredibly uninformed people on the planet to run their support operation. I frequently have to interact with PayPal because they limit our account. I typically go the problem resolution page only to find some vague item I don't understand making it impossible to respond to. If I call PayPal I'll usually get someone who barely speaks English and can't understand English. If I ask them to explain the item they just read back the text from the web page. If I ask them to explain what that means, they don't know. If I ask them how to comply with their request, they don't know.
Basically PayPal is bunch of idiots who can't figure out their own business. That would be why.
Jamendo is great. I use them often. The other option (there are more I'm sure) is Magnatune. If you like shiny round media check out CDBaby. All good options to the lawyer infested music megopoly.
So did you not read the articles or did you not understand them. At no point in any of the articles did it say that the student was reprimanded for stealing the laptop computer. That part would be you just making stuff up.
So, someone please explain to me how turning on a web cam help you locate a stolen laptop. I mean, unless you have a picture of every room in every house in Philly, all you really know is that the stolen laptop is "somewhere". If the laptop has GPS then you don't need the web cam. Am I missing something?
If "they" really want to get rid of a book with a lot of inappropriate sexual content "they" really need to collect the Christian Bible. That thing is full of violence, sex of every description, incest and a whole lot of things that "they" say is "shocking". To protect the children, I think we need to start a movement to remove this vile book from all public spaces and libraries. It's for the children. No. Really it is.
no so fast
Actually when I go to the UK site, the message is still forced off of the bottom of the screen. Just saying.
Re: Spectrum Crunch
Your explanation still does nothing to address the problem being discussed which is a company that promises and contracts to deliver one thing and then delivers less than promised while still advertising that they deliver more. The problem here isn't spectrum crunch it's lying to the customers and then screwing them up the back side. A contract should be a contract but companies like this constantly feel like they have the right to arbitrarily change the terms of the agreement on they fly and anytime they want. A privilege that you, as the other party in the contract, have no power to do. It used to be that this would be called an "unconscionable contract" and declared null by the courts but that was before the companies owned the world and the government and the courts.
Re: BBB
The BBB is an enormous waste of time. Companies with horrific service still have A+ ratings from BBB since all that's required that that they have a method for you to complain. Not that they have to respond or fix the problem. BBB is in business to make money from companies with memberships. They don't screw that up by giving companies a bad rating and they have no power at all over non-members.
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Laws don't grant rights. Laws, like the constitution, limit government. (In theory) Laws may confirm rights but rights exist outside of law.
Re:
So... never
Re: I do have some issue with this...
Well that was an amazingly uninformed opinion stated as fact.
Facebook
John Fenderson did a great job of enumerating my objections to cloud storage. Out of that list I'd say that Megaupload has shown that you can't trust the cloud because you can't trust the government not to blow it up on a whim and at the bidding of their corporate masters. Secondly, ANYTHING that requires me to use Facebook for ID is out the window. That's nonsense.
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You don't know how right you are. I live in the NW burbs of Chicago and I've seen a lot of BS. You can't point a camera at a cop and not record something illegal INCLUDING getting donuts. I was there several years back when the police used the police helicopter to land in the parking lot of the Dunkin Donuts to pick up some tasty food to take along. I've been asked for money. I've been asked for sex and I was once stopped so that the cop could check out my new car. This is a fine state to live in and I fully understand why they don't want anyone pointing a camera at them.
They might want to get their terms straight
Going before a bunch of law professors and students to talk about "content theft" which doesn't exist it likely to get a lot of people who understand the legal meaning of words to point out that the correct term is "infringement" not "theft". I would suspect that the presentation of cooked and false information would go downhill from there.
the wrong people get the message
Does he really think that if he just keeps on repeating these blatant lies someone, somewhere, will believe them?
Well yeah, he does believe that. Sadly, he's right. The people who believe him and do not challenge him are the media. They believe him and in turn they are the ones controlling the information that gets to the public at large. As long as he can keep them fooled (and apparently that's not hard) he has the public fooled.
Re: Stop the E-PARASITE Act.
Didn't work for me in Chrome OR IE.
I'm not sure they are all that interested
I went to the site. Clicked on a link to create an account. Got a big blank blue box. Turns out the site doesn't work in Chrome. Tried again in IE. Got a form. Filled it out. Received a message to look for an email and to respond to it. No email came. Went back, tried to register again. Got message that email was already registered and to ask for my password. Asked for password. Got message that an email had been sent. No email received. Tried twice more. No emails. Not sure they really want to hear from the public.
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And there you have it, direct from the German Government's PR department. Must be true.
Sure government officials listen
Government officials listen as soon as you put your money in the coin slot. The more money you insert the more attentively they listen.
I know why
If it was just a matter of associating an account with a bank account, why didn't PayPal just tell them that in the first place?
I do business with PayPal for the simple reason that PayPal bought the Verisign credit card authorization unit called Pay Flow Pro. The reason they didn't tell them the problem is that PayPal hires the most incredibly uninformed people on the planet to run their support operation. I frequently have to interact with PayPal because they limit our account. I typically go the problem resolution page only to find some vague item I don't understand making it impossible to respond to. If I call PayPal I'll usually get someone who barely speaks English and can't understand English. If I ask them to explain the item they just read back the text from the web page. If I ask them to explain what that means, they don't know. If I ask them how to comply with their request, they don't know.
Basically PayPal is bunch of idiots who can't figure out their own business. That would be why.
More options all the time
Jamendo is great. I use them often. The other option (there are more I'm sure) is Magnatune. If you like shiny round media check out CDBaby. All good options to the lawyer infested music megopoly.
Re: Hmm
What a douche. So what you're saying is that what you want should set the standard for what everyone else is allowed to have. Narcissistic much?
Re: Lost or stolen laptop?
So did you not read the articles or did you not understand them. At no point in any of the articles did it say that the student was reprimanded for stealing the laptop computer. That part would be you just making stuff up.
Something doesn't smell right to me
So, someone please explain to me how turning on a web cam help you locate a stolen laptop. I mean, unless you have a picture of every room in every house in Philly, all you really know is that the stolen laptop is "somewhere". If the laptop has GPS then you don't need the web cam. Am I missing something?
They're burning the wrong books
If "they" really want to get rid of a book with a lot of inappropriate sexual content "they" really need to collect the Christian Bible. That thing is full of violence, sex of every description, incest and a whole lot of things that "they" say is "shocking". To protect the children, I think we need to start a movement to remove this vile book from all public spaces and libraries. It's for the children. No. Really it is.